Who's better: Earth Wind & Fire vs. The Isley Brothers

[O³ (O cubed)]

I'm biased to Earth, Wind and Fire. Probably my favorite group outside the Temptations.
Black Bands need to make a comeback.

Truth. I was thinking about this the other day. I'm an 80s baby and there were black bands a dime a dozen from the late 60s to the late 80s.


You don't see them in the mainstream anymore.

 

[DW3]

This is tough, but I gotta go with the Isleys. Ernie on the guitar and Ron with the vocals


With that said EWF, Maze, IB are all neck and neck. Just different vibes

 

[videogamestashbox.com]

Soundtrack of the African American "middle class/income" from around 1970-2000

 

[Black Lightning]

The Isley Brothers Are The Most Important American Band Of All Time — Vinyl Me, Please

Nobody's seeing The Isley Brothers.

 

[posterchild336]

Earth wind and fire

 

[Lord-Yosh]

As a youngin I gotta go with EWF

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

yall done pissed me off now




Ernie destroys that intro then Ron floats in seamlessly

 

[Afrodroid]

EWF

 

[Dontay Flaco]

The Isley Bros for sure!

 

[feelosofer]

For the culture I won't choose, just going to enjoy both of these super groups.

 

[@OffHalsted]

Isley's run was from 50s to 00s

 

[3rdWorld]

Isleys are an institution.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

3 reasons why EW&F >>>>> IB







Lyrics = 10
Musicianship = 10
Vocals = 10​

 

[Black Lightning]

 

[southern.girl]

Isley brothers
Maze
EWF

These are the facts.

I prefer the Isley Bros. You can put their catalog on and just vibe hardly any skippable songs a lot of Earth, Wind, & Fire's material is hit or miss for me.

People forget the bolded. I really do appreciate EWF, but their major hits make people forget how many meh records they have. This is why I prefer Maze over them too. Now I have no idea who I would pick between Maze & the Isley Brothers.